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Escola Jardim Ipê

Escola Jardim Ipê

Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. 1965

Architect: Dezio Tozzi

"Jardim Ipê School, located on a residential area within the car industry belt, expected in its programme development eight classrooms, social common spaces, administrative areas, refectory and support tasks. This way, I instituted a horizontal layout in which the great public void set uo and structure every space in the building, in order to allow a whole spatial and teaching flexibility. This flexible structure, fostered a compulsory research in teaching strategies and let the teachers establish different spatial configurations considering such research and teaching. The structure was thought as a group of concrete "porticos" enclosed by floor-to-ceiling slabs and walls. The aim of this project is the public void unifying school and community through daily activities."